Agricultural Biomass Waste Conversion into Value-Added Products—2nd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Biosystem and Biological Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 120
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable extraction; polyphenols; antioxidant; waste valorization; exopolysaccharides; halophilic microorganisms circular economy; bioactive compounds
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Interests: bioactive compounds; waste valorization; antioxidants; pigments; extremophilic microorganisms
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The academic and industrial interest in the conversion of biomass waste of agricultural origin into products with high added value has assumed ever greater importance in recent years. This topic, central to the mitigation of CO2 emissions and the intelligent exploitation of resources, embraces very different scientific–industrial sectors. Some examples include (but are not limited to) the extraction of secondary plant metabolites such as polyphenols and their characterization and applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food fields, and enzymatic or microorganism-mediated biotransformations of lignocellulosic waste for energy purposes (biofuels) or as sources of innovative materials such as biopolymers or their precursors.
The Special Issue therefore aims to collect the latest scientific advances in the aforementioned topics. We would like to invite researchers and scholars to participate in this Special Issue by submitting a contribution in their field of expertise. Both original research papers and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Giuseppe Squillaci
Dr. Alessandra Morana
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- agricultural waste
- biomass
- waste valorization
- waste conversion
- polyphenols
- biotransformations
- biofuels
- bioactive products
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